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Thursday, February 4, 2010

EGG ROLLED FISH CAKES

I am so inclined to whimsical food. Play food that is fun to make as it is to look at and to play with eat. These egg rolls filled my needs and are as pretty as a picture.

Tracie from Bittersweet Flavours is whom I have to thank. Thank you Tracie. Her wonderful mother obliges with food for her blog, Tracie herself is quite the accomplished baker and these egg rolls were made by her aunt and displayed on her blog. That is what I call teamwork. Which makes me wish I had a living breathing and an industrious team of little elves in my kitchen right now.

However, these are what I made all by myself while my son hovered around the fringes. Waiting. And although the fish paste had little bubbles of air trapped inside I shall consider them not a failure but cute instead. But Perhaps I should have used white pepper instead of black.

I had used the fish ball recipe that I had posted earlier on, here. I just added a sprinkle of finely chopped red chillies for colour. Then I made and 2 or 3 thin omelets, spread the fish paste over each omelet, rolled them up into a longish log just like the making of pinwheel cookies, and then steamed them for 15 to 20 minutes. I then sliced them on the diagonal and took some pictures for fun my blog. How easy is that? ~ Child's play ~

39 comments:

Actually ThankYOU! you have just made my day :)yes the little bubbles are very cute, and this is what homemade is all about! haha.. it's so funny that you related these with pinwheel cookies, but it's really true cause we do wrap it up like that. The pictures look really amazing, Zurin!

Oh Zurin, this is a staple in my household! It's so delicious, isn't it? I've never thought of adding chilli bits to brighten them up. Next time I will. And carrot bits for my kids! Beautiful pinwheels!

I think the air bubbles make them lighter. They are beautiful. I like the addition of the red chili also. I'm going to serve these as a first course with your chili soy vinegar recipe. Garnished with cilantro. I think they will be a hit. You said it was easy, I'm holding you too it!If you should find some elves....send them this way!Pam

These are super cool! Love the idea of the fish paste filling and can think of lots of different filling to use as well.Your photos make the dish look absolutely delicious! Glad to hear this tastes as great as it looks.